Preventing asthma deaths in young people

Children die from asthma. When this happens, in almost all cases, there are avoidable and modifiable risk factors. Healthcare professionals can take simple steps, when we see children with asthma, that may prevent a death. These include identifying risk from a good history, ensuring children have the right treatment (and that they know how to take it), seeing hospitalisation as a trigger to educate children and families, and addressing wider determinants of health.
Source: Paediatrics and Child Health - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: Personal practice Source Type: research